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H. G. SPENCER. STUDENTS COPY BOOK.

No. 435,051. Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

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H. USPENOER. STUDENTS COPY BOOK.

Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

I 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. SPENCER, OFNI/ ASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARVEY A. SPENCER, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

STUDENTS COPY-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,051, dated August 26, 1890.

Application filed June 16, 1890. Serial No. 355.597. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. SPENCER, of WVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements in Students Copy-Books, of which the followingis a specification.

The aim of my invention is to provide an improved book for use in teaching, penmanship, which shall possess'all the advantages of those now in use, and, among others, the additional advantages of occupying a smaller place on the desk; of giving a flat surface and a uniform thickness of paper beneath the pen 5 of permitting. the student to occupy a natural and healthful position; of permitting the sheets to be preserved after use in flat form, and of retaining extra or detached sheets in position for convenient use and preservation. These ends I accomplish by perforating the usual copy-leaves near the inner end, so that they may be readily detached, and by providing the cover with a flap and with a fiy-leaf adapted to retain the detached leaves and the additional or extra sheets of paper, the fly-leaf being also provided on one side with the copy and on the opposite side with lines or forms, as hereinafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my book as it appears when closed. Fig. v2 is a view of the book as it appears when in an operative position. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are perspective views showing the book in different forms in which it may be adjusted for different positions. Fig. 9 is a plan view showing the cover of the book with the fly-leaf and flap attached.

Referring to the drawings, A B represent the cover of my book, usually formed from a single sheet of paper, the portion A being provided at one edge with a flap a, adapted to be turned inward thereon, and at the opposite edge with a fiy-leaf on the sheet 0, adapted to be turned inward, so as to cover the portion a, or to be turned outward therefrom, as shown in the several figures. I commonly construct the entire covering, the flap, and the fly-leaf in one piece-that is to say, from a single sheet of paper-but they may be made in separateparts and united in the form shown.

D D represent a series of so-called copyleaves, provided at their upper edges with copies or designs to be imitated by the pupil, as in existing books. stitched or otherwise fastened at one end to the middle of the cover on the line a a of Fig. 9, so that they may be turned from right to left after the manner of the leaves of an ordinary copy-book. of the leaves is perforated or scored transversely, as shown at 0. so that after the leaf has been written upon it may be readily torn loose and transferred to the back of the book,

where it maybe confined in placebeneath the closed fiy-leaf O by means of the cap a.

In making use of thebook the covering-leaf Bis ordinarily turned backward under the leaf A, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it presents upon the desk the length of one leaf only, as

having the leaves permanently attached so that they require to be folded backward, it is found practicallyim possible to keep the leaves down in a flatforln.

The fiy-leaf C is provided on that face which is uppermost when the leaf is extended .85

with suitable copy or designs to be imitated by the pupil, preferably what are called movement drill-exercises, as shown in Fig. 6.

On the opposite or outer face the fly-leaf is provided, as shown in Fig. 7, with the series of inclined parallel lines, so that when the sheet is turned under the blank sheet the lines will appear therethrough as a guide to determine the slant or inclination of the let ters.

the same surface with a series of lines or curves, such as are shown in Fig. 7 or of any other suitable character.

E E represent a series of loose sheets commonly known as exercise sheets, snbstan- 10o tially corresponding in size with the leaves of the book and placed against the inside of the These leaves D are 55 Near the inner end each 60 As the 75 The fly-leaf may also be provided on 5 rear cover A, where they are retained by means of the flap a and the fly-leaf. The flyleaf may be turned outward, as shown in Fig. 3, in order that the copy thereon may be in view of the student while writing on the leaves D; or the leaves D may be folded under the back of the book, exposing the extra leaves E at the top, as shown in Fig. 6, in which case the fly-leaf being exposed above the sheet and in view of the student, facilitates the imitation of the copy thereon. The fly-leaf may be folded inward beneath the uppermost of the extra sheets E, as shown in Fig. 7, in which case inclined lines on the outer fiy-leaf may be seen indistinctly through the sheet.

In making use of my book the cover may be folded back, as in Fig. 2, to expose the front sheet D, bearing copy, and in this shape the book requires on the desk the space of one leaf only. As the successive leaves are covered with script they may be detached and transferred to the back of the book beneath the flap and flyleaf and there confined and preserved in a clean condition and in flat form. When the copy on the inside of the fly-leaf is to be used, the leaf is turned outward to expose its inner face, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6. When the fly is thus exposed, the copy-leaves D may be exposed at its lower edge, as in Fig. 5, or the leaves D turned under and the uppermost of the loose sheets exposed, as shown in Fig. 6. The inclined lines on the outside of the fly-leaf may adapted when detached to be confinedbeneath the fly-leaf.

2. In a copy-book, the cover A B, having the leaves D attached thereto, and the fly-leaf 0, provided on'one side with guiding-lines and on the opposite side with copy.

3. A copy-book provided with leaves arranged to turn from right to left, and with a fiy-leaf arranged to turn at right angles to the first-named leaves, said fly-leaf provided on its inner face with copy.

4. The copy-book comprising the cover, with the fiy-leaf and flap attached, the perforated leaves attached to the cover, and the independent sheets confined by the flap.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 27th day of May, 1890. in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

HENRY C. SPENCER. Witnesses:

W. R. KENNEDY, F. STANLEY ELMORE. 

